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Question #: 121
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A financial company is planning to migrate its web application from on premises to AWS. The company uses a third-party security tool to monitor the inbound traffic to the application. The company has used the security tool for the last 15 years, and the tool has no cloud solutions available from its vendor. The company's security team is concerned about how to integrate the security tool with AWS technology.

The company plans to deploy the application migration to AWS on Amazon EC2 instances. The EC2 instances will run in an Auto Scaling group in a dedicated VPC. The company needs to use the security tool to inspect all packets that come in and out of the VPC. This inspection must occur in real time and must not affect the application's performance. A solutions architect must design a target architecture on AWS that is highly available within an AWS Region.

Which combination of steps should the solutions architect take to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

  • A. Deploy the security tool on EC2 instances m a new Auto Scaling group in the existing VPC
  • B. Deploy the web application behind a Network Load Balancer
  • C. Deploy an Application Load Balancer in front of the security tool instances
  • D. Provision a Gateway Load Balancer for each Availability Zone to redirect the traffic to the security tool
  • E. Provision a transit gateway to facilitate communication between VPCs.
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Suggested Answer: AD 🗳️
by zhangyu20000 at Jan. 16, 2023, 2:12 p.m.
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rbm2023
Highly Voted 2 years, 3 months ago
Selected Answer: DE
Based on the scenario in question, the requirement is that the security tool will run in an auto scaling group in a dedicated VPC this cannot be changed. This will break Option A. If we look at the usage for the Gateway Load Balancer which is the key for the solution where application cannot have performance hits if you are inspecting the traffic, so you need to TAP the traffic to move into another third-party tool. In the references you will find below the transit gateway will facilitate the VPC-to-VPC communication and as you can see, the security appliances VPC is a segregated from the application VPC, so again, option A is NOT valid. https://catalog.workshops.aws/networking/en-US/gwlb https://www.fortinet.com/blog/business-and-technology/highly-scalable-fortigate-next-generation-firewall-security-on-aws-gateway-load-balancer-service
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OCHT
Highly Voted 2 years, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: AD
Option B, deploying the web application behind a Network Load Balancer, is not relevant to integrating the third-party security tool with AWS technology. Option C, deploying an Application Load Balancer in front of the security tool instances, is not necessary because a Gateway Load Balancer is already being used to redirect traffic to the security tool. Option E, provisioning a transit gateway to facilitate communication between VPCs, is not relevant to integrating the third-party security tool with AWS technology or inspecting packets in and out of the VPC. In summary, options A and D are the best choices because address the specific requirements stated in the scenario while options B, C and E do not.
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43c89f4
1 year, 3 months ago
DE is correct, the question clearly mention which combination - GWLB and provision transit gateway is solution
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deegadaze1
2 years, 2 months ago
Correct for GLB---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j2smz_VCH4
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princajen
Most Recent 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: DE
The correct answer is DE. The key is that the application is deployed in a dedicated VPC, which implies the security tool is in a separate inspection VPC. To inspect traffic without impacting performance, you use Gateway Load Balancer (D). Since the security and application VPCs are separate, you need a Transit Gateway (E) to route traffic between them. This pattern aligns with AWS's best practice for centralizing security in a scalable, high-availability setup. Option A falls short because it implies deploying the security tool in the same VPC, which doesn't align with the "dedicated" wording in the question — and breaks isolation.
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Kaps443
2 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: AD
A. Deploy the security tool on EC2 instances Since the tool is legacy and has no cloud-native support, it must run on EC2 instances. An Auto Scaling group helps maintain availability and resilience. Placing the tool in the same VPC allows for easy traffic routing via a Gateway Load Balancer. D. Provision a Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) per AZ Gateway Load Balancer is designed specifically for this use case: deploying virtual appliances (like firewalls, IDS/IPS, and packet inspection tools). It redirects VPC traffic to your EC2-based security tool instances for inline, transparent inspection, without affecting the app performance.
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jimee11
3 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: AD
Requirements clearly call out the 'web application' vs. 'security tool'. The web application is not going to be deployed behind an NLB. This rules out B. Requirements say you need scalability. Deploy the security tool behind an ALB with auto-scaling (A). Gateway LB is best for deep packet inspections (D).
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kylix75
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: BD
Correct answers: B and D Rationale: B (Network Load Balancer): - Operates at layer 4 - Minimal latency impact - Supports transparent network inspection D (Gateway Load Balancer): - Purpose-built for third-party security appliances - Enables inline traffic inspection - High availability with per-AZ deployment Other options' issues: A: Doesn't address traffic routing C: ALB operates at layer 7, adding unnecessary overhead E: Transit gateway unnecessary for single VPC setup
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ahhatem
8 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: DE
The question explicitly states that it would be deployed in a dedicated VPC. This disqualifies A. On another hand, dedicated security appliances are usually deployed in a centralized networking setup with central ingress/egress. Check this whitepaper: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/building-scalable-secure-multi-vpc-network-infrastructure/using-gwlb-with-tg-for-cns.html
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Edd_18
9 months ago
Selected Answer: DE
https://www.fortinet.com/blog/business-and-technology/highly-scalable-fortigate-next-generation-firewall-security-on-aws-gateway-load-balancer-service
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FZA24
10 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: AD
In AD, it mention that will be deployed in the existing VPC. however, in DE, it does not mention that the security tool is deployed in another VPC. It only mention transit gateway between VPCs.
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AWSum1
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: AD
it says it needs to inspect traffic coming in and out of THE VPC not multiple VPC's. This statement disqualifies E
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amministrazione
11 months, 2 weeks ago
A. Deploy the security tool on EC2 instances m a new Auto Scaling group in the existing VPC D. Provision a Gateway Load Balancer for each Availability Zone to redirect the traffic to the security tool
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ry1999
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: AD
D and E make the most sense if your architecture involves multiple VPCs where traffic needs to be centrally managed and inspected. This combination addresses both the direct need for packet inspection and the broader network management requirements. A and E could be considered if the application and security tool deployment are straightforward and confined to a single or connected VPCs. However, managing traffic flow effectively to the security tools might require additional configuration that can complicate the setup. Since there is only once VPC, AD
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Jason666888
1 year ago
Selected Answer: AD
It has to be AD. I've taken the Udemy Course from stephane maarek and his course described this kind of scenario
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seochan
1 year ago
Selected Answer: AD
DE cannot be the answer. The combination doesn't describe how to deploy the security tools on the cloud.
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michele_scar
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: DE
DE is the answer. Transit -> GWLB -> Inspection tool
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helloworldabc
11 months, 3 weeks ago
just AD
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ce825d4
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: AD
AD is correct as the requirement is to use the Security tool to inspect traffic coming in and out of the VPC. So, you need to deploy the security tool on EC2 instances and provision a Gateway loadbalancer to load balance the traffic. With a GLB, you can deploy, manage, and scale virtual appliances, such as intrusion detection and prevention, firewalls, and deep packet inspection systems. It creates a single entry and exit point for all appliance traffic and scales your virtual appliances with demand. You can also exchange traffic across virtual private cloud (VPC) boundaries.
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seetpt
1 year, 3 months ago
Selected Answer: AD
AD for me
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